If you took someone like me and put me in Eorzea, I'd (probably) be dead tomorrow. I have a version of autism with sensory issues (Neurological stuff), which has spawned panic disorder (Early onset, really severe) and periodic stress & depression. I've been through intensive theraphy (living right next to a facility) for five years to get where I am and whilst I am now not plagued by moodswings and my panic attacks have dropped from 3-4/week to 1-2 per 3-4 months, it's still pretty bad and it's fucking up every part of my life on a regular basis. It's not cute or quirky. (Note, not trying to woe-is-me, I just want to illustrate how severe stuff like this can be.)
I would not ever like to see anyone try to look at is as a cute little character quirk, or something that can resolved in two weeks of plot. There's also a fair share of times where it seems like something people can turn on/off for their characters whenever convenient. If your character would survive in Eorzea with a mental illness (I'm not saying impossible, but there's a lot more violence and things that wants to eat you. Being disturbed mentally would no doubt screw with your ability to survive) then it would compromise a lot of the good experiences as well. If you rp as a character that has panic disorder, that means enrolling a panic attack when it's not relevant or convinient, like at a regular bar night or maybe when your character is having the time of their life. Stuff like this always looms in the background.
People can do what they want with their characters, but romanticizing and making these things seem like something you shouldn't take serious you may end harming someone that suffers from this irl. My own sister refers to my autism as "Assburgers", something she's learnt off popculture and the internet - where rude/intolerable behavior is justified with aspergers syndrome. That's not fun for me. I don't strive to be a rude person irl, but sometimes I end up saying things with no filter. I don't think about it until I see peoples reactions, and there's absolutely nothing fun about it. I also did not mean to have a panic attack in that bus on the way home, leading to me passing out and an ambulance getting called - but it did.
So do your homework really thoroughly and think it through before you make it a thing.
Smaller bursts of mental disruption, like in response to tragic events, can be much more workable and easier to manage - and get over with the RP. Nailah's went paranoid/scaredypantsy for a brief amount of time following three attempts on her life, leading to her putting up traps inside Kindred's house that'd go off if there were any nightly invaders (fortunately no one else was caught in them either!) and she voluntarily walked about with a bodyguard for a while.
I would not ever like to see anyone try to look at is as a cute little character quirk, or something that can resolved in two weeks of plot. There's also a fair share of times where it seems like something people can turn on/off for their characters whenever convenient. If your character would survive in Eorzea with a mental illness (I'm not saying impossible, but there's a lot more violence and things that wants to eat you. Being disturbed mentally would no doubt screw with your ability to survive) then it would compromise a lot of the good experiences as well. If you rp as a character that has panic disorder, that means enrolling a panic attack when it's not relevant or convinient, like at a regular bar night or maybe when your character is having the time of their life. Stuff like this always looms in the background.
People can do what they want with their characters, but romanticizing and making these things seem like something you shouldn't take serious you may end harming someone that suffers from this irl. My own sister refers to my autism as "Assburgers", something she's learnt off popculture and the internet - where rude/intolerable behavior is justified with aspergers syndrome. That's not fun for me. I don't strive to be a rude person irl, but sometimes I end up saying things with no filter. I don't think about it until I see peoples reactions, and there's absolutely nothing fun about it. I also did not mean to have a panic attack in that bus on the way home, leading to me passing out and an ambulance getting called - but it did.
So do your homework really thoroughly and think it through before you make it a thing.
Smaller bursts of mental disruption, like in response to tragic events, can be much more workable and easier to manage - and get over with the RP. Nailah's went paranoid/scaredypantsy for a brief amount of time following three attempts on her life, leading to her putting up traps inside Kindred's house that'd go off if there were any nightly invaders (fortunately no one else was caught in them either!) and she voluntarily walked about with a bodyguard for a while.
